Attribution of extreme precipitation in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River during May 2016

May 2016 was the third wettest May on record since 1961 over central eastern China based on station observations, with total monthly rainfall 40% more than the climatological mean for 1961–2013. Accompanying disasters such as waterlogging, landslides and debris flow struck part of the lower reaches...

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Main Authors: Chunxiang Li, Qinhua Tian, Rong Yu, Baiquan Zhou, Jiangjiang Xia, Claire Burke, Buwen Dong, Simon F B Tett, Nicolas Freychet, Fraser Lott, Andrew Ciavarella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa9691